Re: Jason Owens' Shaw notes

[Jim Metz <JBMetzEA@AOL.com>]

Title: Re: Jason Owens' Shaw notes

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From: Jim Metz <JBMetzEA@AOL.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 09:15:42 -0400
To: Cynthia Ozersky <cozersky@nyc.rr.com>, <celtics@igtc.com>
Subject: Re: Jason Owens' Shaw notes

on 7/20/01 6:59 PM, Cynthia Ozersky at cozersky@nyc.rr.com wrote:

Forte was similarly flummoxed. This guy won co-ACC player of the year last season by operating within a highly structured offense designed to take advantage of his herky-jerky, cerebral game. Heıs all about spacing, angles, and decision makingŠand the total disorganization of the summer league format stymied all of his attempts to dissect the defense. Basically, itıs impossible to outthink the defense if the defense isnıt thinking. Forte will improve in the more structured pace of the NBA half-court game. Like Brown, the Cıs will likely run him off screens, allowing him to catch, read the defense, then shoot, drive or passŠmuch like they did with Ron Mercer. 
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   Thanks for sharing Josh. Now if only Jason had Mark Cofman's job and we could enjoy this style of cogent analysis mixed with sparkling insigh and subtle humor....Oh well, perhaps he'l join the board.......
   My turn is tonight, while I can't promise a report as entertaining and elucidating as Mr. Owens, I'll try to keep my attenetion on two matchups to shed light on still unanswered questions.
   1. Speedy Claxton vs. Palacio/El-Amin. Will Khalid be able to run the offense efficiently with a (almost) NBA caliber point guarding him? Will we need to bring in Palacio to guard Claxton?
   2. Jumaine Jones vs. Joe Johnson. While we all expect that Johnson can score in the NBA, can he defend? While Jones is a reserve (albeit; extremely talented) NBA player, he totaly dominated at Shaws last summer. He scored inside and out, no one could touch him. I'm very curious to see if Johnson and to a lesser extent Brown can slow him down at all and conversely, will Johnson look so smooth with Jones guarding him?
-JB-

                                                                                 

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